Mycobacterial prepatellar bursitis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Prepatellar bursitis secondary to infection with an atypical mycobacterium developed in an 88-year-old man. A review of all previously reported cases in the English literature indicates tuberculosis is important in the differential diagnosis of prepatellar bursitis.
Medical subject headings
- Bursitis
- Mycobacterium Infections
- Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
- Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular
Anatomy
- knee